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The Principles of Eloquence; Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar
by Abbe Maury & John Neal Lake (Translator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
FIRST EDITION in English (French edition published on 1777). Full contemporary speckled calf, gilt title on red spine label, full gilt decoration to spine, & gilt decoration to board edges; A bright very good copy with front hinge slightly starting but strong, early ink owner name/date inside front cover, & later bookplate to fep; 242 pages + Errata. Size: 4.75"x8.25." An attractive copy.
"In 1777 Maury published the Essai sur l'éloquence de la chaire which, with many editions and revisions, was to be his chief bid for literary fame. Stressing nature and good sense, it was written for a 'philosophical' audience, and praised eloquence where the author found it, in Bossuet and the church fathers, in Rousseau and Voltaire. He was admitted ot the French Academy in 1785." - Paul H. Beik, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, October, 1951.Jean-Siffrein Maury (1746-1817), French Cardinal and statesman, sometime Archbishop of Nicea. Maury was held in high esteem by the French monarchy, and later by Napoleon, who granted him the See of Paris. Maury was imprisoned in the Castle of St. Angelo after the fall of Napoleon, and was later restored to his position of Cardinal, being reconciled to Pope Pius VII. The work remains one of the classic texts on eloquence & oratory.
"In 1777 Maury published the Essai sur l'éloquence de la chaire which, with many editions and revisions, was to be his chief bid for literary fame. Stressing nature and good sense, it was written for a 'philosophical' audience, and praised eloquence where the author found it, in Bossuet and the church fathers, in Rousseau and Voltaire. He was admitted ot the French Academy in 1785." - Paul H. Beik, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, October, 1951.Jean-Siffrein Maury (1746-1817), French Cardinal and statesman, sometime Archbishop of Nicea. Maury was held in high esteem by the French monarchy, and later by Napoleon, who granted him the See of Paris. Maury was imprisoned in the Castle of St. Angelo after the fall of Napoleon, and was later restored to his position of Cardinal, being reconciled to Pope Pius VII. The work remains one of the classic texts on eloquence & oratory.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219
- Title
- The Principles of Eloquence; Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar
- Author
- Abbe Maury & John Neal Lake (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Cadell; C. Dilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1793
- Pages
- 242 pages + Errata
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Philosophy, English Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Women's studies;
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